The Trump administration’s sharp reduction in aid to Africa last year seemed likely to cause a continent-wide crisis of apocalyptic proportions. While there has been pain, particularly in health care, ...

The reaction from African countries has varied in direct proportion to their perceived economic and political interest and the quality of their diplomatic relationship with the United States, Israel, ...

You might think that Africa would be in the midst of a crisis. The four largest donors all cut their aid spending in Africa last year, according to initial data. America slapped some of its highest ...

The global economy is under a cloud of uncertainty. Trade disruptions, wars, aid retrenchment, and geopolitical realignment have forced governments and investors to reassess risk. Africa is often ...

Since the US and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury and Operation Roaring Lion against Iranian targets, the missiles have been landing in the Middle East. Iran has responded with strikes across the ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Africa's top regional body opened its annual summit on Saturday in Ethiopia to discuss the future of the continent of some 1.4 billion people, as the organization faces ...

As the music industry gathers for Grammy Week, African music is playing an increasingly prominent role — not only on the awards stage, but across global pop culture. That momentum will be on display ...

Nigeria and South Africa are the two largest economies in sub-Saharan Africa, generating almost one-third of the region’s GDP. Tragically, in the past decade both have gone backwards. On average, ...

Silvia Rosi, "Disintegrata di profilo (Disintegrated in Profile)" (2024), inkjet print (© 2025 Silvia Rosi; courtesy the Museum of Modern Art; all other photos Imani Wiliford/Hyperallergic) Walking ...

Generations of historians have represented Augustine of Hippo as the single most important figure in Christianity’s transition from antiquity to the medieval world. He is usually seen as an ...

On December 19, the first African musician ever awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award was announced. The honor goes to Fela Kuti, the Afrobeat pioneer and activist who died in 1997. He joins an ...